Chapter 41: Alpha Daniel

Alpha Daniels pov

“Alpha, we have movement on the northern perimeter of the border; it’s the Beta and his mate.” I sigh profoundly upon hearing that. fucking Ben is trying to get out when I told him specifically that he was staying put; it’s like he can’t even obey orders anymore since he got mated to that skinny bitch that he keeps telling me is supposed to be just as good as my sister. She fucking wasn’t, pups or not!

I missed Candice. I did; she was nothing like me, always was on me to be better, do better, and.... shit... I missed her too... maybe even more than that traitor of a mate she had. Candi was always going to be the best mate that Ben ever had.

“Let them go, baby, we have our own light, and if Ben is smart, he won’t stray for long. He knows the number of rogues that are moving in the area...” Allison’s voice was in my head right before I would bark back to the guard that they were to be stopped and detained.

“Allison, it’s not just about the light or the beta pups. They are going out alone and if they get killed, guess whose pack is weaker?!” I was snarling, sick of my mate constantly interrupting my commands. I swear she was going to drive me insane that way. Maybe when our pup was born, she was finally backing off from trying to steer every decision I made!

“You think the lights are in danger, I mean?” She sounds worried all of a sudden, she doesn’t care much about Ben, and I know why he acted like a fucking asshole when they first met. He was drunk as hell that day, and she tested him as an Omega. It wasn't the start I wanted between my Beta and Luna, but fuck shit happened, right?

I’m ordering the guards to stop Ben's stupid old jeep, still walking fast, causing that dick to tell me that he wanted his daughter to mate my son. That was a fucking golden opportunity if I saw one, and I, for one, was not going to let my pup suffer through being alone all the years when he could have a mate right away. I tried that way, and it was fucking shit!'

Ben didn’t use to be like this, not before my sister died. Looking like a fucking homeless person. No, he had style, and he had pride in the way he was carrying himself. We all did. Candi would roll over in her grave if she saw the man he had become, a fucking washed-up loser with a teen mate that he knocked up on the first try. The first fucking try! That was still pissing me off for some reason.

“Yes, fucking obviously!” she doesn’t answer me, makes a huff through the link, and then shuts it down like the bitch she is, making me growl out loud to the frightened guards I am walking past. Why can’t she stop acting so fucking immature and grow up!? We were going to have our own pup, and the whole fucking pack was coming soon to see my mate, and I didn’t want her to act like some stupid girl that just stomped her feet and got what she wanted.

My hand smashes some shit on the way down the corridor. That’s the one part I wouldn’t say I liked hearing Ben talk about, that the pack thinks I don’t care. I do fucking care! I have been supervising since I was seventeen, making me one of the youngest to ever take up the Alpha title after their father and act on it instead of having a caretaker or guardian do it.

No, I did that! Fucking Daniel Turner has been the Alpha for over 18 years, and I am not about to give that up because people think I worry too much about Allison. Of course, I fucking worry! She is my mate, and on top of that, she is an Omega that, on paper, has no business even stepping foot inside these halls unless it's to mop something up, and people in this pack were acting like she was dirt because of that! My growls echo when the door slams shut behind me in my office, fuck this shit! Fuck not tearing up the place. I had money and fucking power! If I wanted to trash this whole mansion because I felt like it, it was my right to do so. I earned that!

I’m just about to shift, sensing my mate’s scent, and turn my head slowly, eyes black, and the beast is out, growling, pissed at the second in command can’t take orders or that the Luna is always acting up against him! This was not a fucking democracy! I was the one in charge, not Ben or Allison!

“Look at it, Dan, just fucking look at it!” Allison doesn’t care that I’m pissed when she walks inside my office and she is holding up something that I’m too mad to see before she looks up, and my heart melts; it does, and I can’t help it. She looks so happy when my beast crawls back right away, seeing her holding up a small blue jumper that I know my mother probably did and sent over. I bet it was for Ben's pup in the first place, but knowing my mother, she has a hundred of them from all the free time she spent on the shit she did when my father was killed, and never the same again.

“Isn't it the cutest thing you have ever seen! Look at it, Daniel!” her face is glowing, and the sparks from her otherwise cunning silver eyes are shining, making me feel my chest hurt from how mad I was at her just a moment ago. She was my life; if somebody didn’t like that, they could go to hell!

“I see it, baby; it's going to be perfect, just you, me, and the pup, and we will be the best fucking family out there….” I pull the sweater down, pulling her closer to me when she smiles even more, making herself irresistible when she smiles at me. She is thrilled, and I love every second of it.

“You really think so, Dan?” Allison looks just like she did when she was standing in front of me for the first time, innocent, making me feel even more like the rest of the world can go fuck themselves, the pack, Ben, all of them when I have the most beautiful woman on earth standing before me, and she has my pup. Mine and nobody else.

“I don’t believe it, Allie baby, I know that…” my fingers are stroking her hair, feeling the soft purr that gets my own beast purring; it's dark and loud, and she snuggles closer, still holding the sweater in her hand like she can't let go of it, this is what she wants. I will be damned if I can't get my mate what she wants; a family.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry for being a bitch…” she mumbles the words into my jacket, and I don’t care that she smears makeup all over it. Allison was fucking perfection, a queen that was always dressed in the finest brands and the best money could buy. She loved the finer things in life, the same as me.

Not that I give a shit about that since I would shift and destroyed it anyway if she hadn’t come inside and calmed me down. I needed her more than I ever thought possible before seeing her pretty face.

“Don’t be sorry… don’t be... fuck… let me take care of that, and you can have fun and pick stuff out for the pup. You want to do that, baby?” She smirks, letting me know that she wants that, not that I don’t know that she has her own agenda. She always did right when she realized that she was the Luna of this pack and powerful. Still, I wasn’t going to complain if she took it down a notch and let me be the Alpha without bossing me around all the time.

“I might have ordered something… or two…” she smiles, lighting the warmth in my chest. Not many people can, but she is one of few that have this fucking on switch to get me smiling, a genuine smile that she loves from the way her eyes are sparkling. I’m so fucking happy this is finally happening. We deserved this. We did.

“You order whatever you want, baby; just point your pretty finger, and I will get it for you….” I took her hand and kissed her index finger, slowly feeling her attraction toward me. Compared to that bum of a Beta, I look sharp, and I always do.

“I can’t fucking wait to see the face of those stupid Alphas when they all know that we have an heir, someone that can take over the whole fucking world….” My beast makes a growl at that. I don’t want my son to take the world. He can fucking inherit when I’m dead; that’s my plan and something I've been working on long before I even mated her.

“Baby, you just worry about the part of having a baby before he takes on anything and leaves the rest to me, okay?” She pouts the slightest before I take out one of my cards, and her anger is gone. Seeing her small hand grasp around the platinum can make all your trouble disappear or make your mate stop thinking about something I didn’t want her involved in.

“Omg, yes, Dan!” Allison makes small jumps on the spot before stopping, checking the light she has on top of her head that I can’t see, but I don’t care; as long as she is happy, she stays out of my business for now. I know she's up to something, and I'm not sure that is something I want her to get involved in. What if she loses the pup? That would destroy her, and I'm freaking out, even thinking I could lose her to the darkness again!

I can't handle that, no! I want Allison to be the happiest Luna of any pack, no matter what. She was my other part, my soul, and I loved her more than anything!

She kisses me long and hard, making my dick poke against her, and just when I believe she will let me fuck her, she is gone. Fuck.

I stand there and watch her scurry out of the hallway, smiling while I’m pissed but, at the same time, relieved. As long as she was distracted, I didn't need to worry about her doing things I knew would hurt us, her, and this pack.

I walked back to the desk and sat down. My pants aren’t that comfortable anymore, making me curse again, fucking Ben and his stupid mate for having three pups and leaving me, that ungrateful bastard. He should be here and helping me, not off and going around the whole fucking pack and showing off his pups.

Allison and I were going to have the best pup there ever had been, intelligent and strong and not dressed like a fucking hobo walking around my mansion. Where was his sense of style anyway? Nobody would respect a man walking around like he found his clothes in the trash. Alphas were the face out, just like the Luna, and we needed to look our best, or the beasts wouldn't take us seriously.

Ben didn't get that, there was more to being the Alpha than listening to the pack complain, and most of it was bullshit. I growled again. Why was he on my case again anyway!? He was supposed to be my support and back and not act like I was the bad guy! I wasn't; even if most people didn't like my personality, I got shit done. I had made sure to drag my pack into the future where it belonged, taking my beautiful mate along, even if she clearly needed some guidance.

So no, Ben had yet to learn what I did for this pack. Nobody did.

Zero thanks; they all just spat in my face and complained behind my back, and did I get upset over that? Maybe!? I wanted respect like everyone else, and if Ben wasn't giving me that, I didn't know what to do with that. I felt fucking betrayed by my best friend.